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Media Matters weekly newsletter, December 12
Welcome back to Media Matters’ weekly newsletter. This week: Trump told Americans to skimp on gifts this holiday season. Fox thought that was hilarious. Fox News ignores Trump’s pardon of a Honduran d...
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December 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This week in misinformation:
One reason why right-wing media can't stop conspiracy theories spreading is because they don't believe conspiracy theories even exist.
Benny Johnson: "There's no such thing as a conspiracy theory. I mean, that's a slur."
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December 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
One reason why right-wing media can't stop conspiracy theories spreading is because they don't believe conspiracy theories even exist.
Over the last month, TV broadcast news covered the Epstein text/email releases for more than 3 hours. — and not a single segment mentioned Epstein's extensive ties to Bannon at all.
Mainstream news coverage almost totally ignored Bannon’s extensive ties to Epstein
In the month since the House Oversight Committee released the most recent batch of files concerning late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, most leading newspapers and all broadcast news ignored ...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Over the last month, TV broadcast news covered the Epstein text/email releases for more than 3 hours. — and not a single segment mentioned Epstein's extensive ties to Bannon at all.
Homan has made more appearances on Fox than any other administration official this year, far outpacing Noem. Those hits have reportedly become a flashpoint in their rivalry.
Trump's border czar dominates Fox airtime, leaving homeland security secretary trailing far behind
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December 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Homan has made more appearances on Fox than any other administration official this year, far outpacing Noem. Those hits have reportedly become a flashpoint in their rivalry.
A movement built to support Trump can’t just disavow conspiracy theories.
Who’s afraid of Candace Owens?
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December 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A movement built to support Trump can’t just disavow conspiracy theories.
Fox News has ripped its former star primetime host and others spreading conspiracies about who was behind Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
Tucker Carlson’s Ex-Network Torches His Unhinged Conspiracy
Fox News complained that right-wing conspiracists are profiting off fear and conspiracy.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Fox News has ripped its former star primetime host and others spreading conspiracies about who was behind Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
Pool: “Admittedly, the Trump administration has not been doing enough on affordability, grocery prices ... the American people are wary”
Tim Pool: "I believe that Trump is losing"
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December 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Pool: “Admittedly, the Trump administration has not been doing enough on affordability, grocery prices ... the American people are wary”
Predictably, Sean Hannity still seems to be in denial that the same people he"denounces" here are the same ones he has been pandering to for years.
Sean Hannity calls out online commentators who are "saying the most incendiary, outrageous, bizarre, conspiratorial, in some cases, outright racist, white nationalist, virulent antisemitism"
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December 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Predictably, Sean Hannity still seems to be in denial that the same people he"denounces" here are the same ones he has been pandering to for years.
We're all trying to find the guy who did this
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We're all trying to find the guy who did this
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Fox News has a new stance on the War on Christmas: It's funny when Trump does it! www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/tru...
Trump called on Americans to accept less this holiday season. Fox thought that was hilarious.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Fox News has a new stance on the War on Christmas: It's funny when Trump does it! www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/tru...
Fox News shrugs off Trump’s war on Christmas: www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/tru...
Trump called on Americans to accept less this holiday season. Fox thought that was hilarious.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Fox News shrugs off Trump’s war on Christmas: www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/tru...
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My latest: Fox struggles to run cover for Trump calling affordability crisis a “hoax,” “scam,” and “con job” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
Fox struggles to run cover for Trump calling affordability crisis a “hoax,” “scam,” and “con job”
Fox News is scrambling to spin President Donald Trump’s reactions to recent Democratic electoral victories, which conservative media previously tied to failures by the Trump administration and Republi...
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December 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My latest: Fox struggles to run cover for Trump calling affordability crisis a “hoax,” “scam,” and “con job” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
David Spade gave Fox News their gift early this year, regurgitating many of their asinine “War on Christmas” culture war talking points that were already tired during the Obama administration.
Fox News Applauds David Spade For Peddling Their War on Christmas Nonsense
Spade is upset about a shopping mall that seemingly doesn’t exist
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December 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
David Spade gave Fox News their gift early this year, regurgitating many of their asinine “War on Christmas” culture war talking points that were already tired during the Obama administration.
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Gregg Phillips has explicitly lauded the QAnon community & partnered with the QAnon community in 2022 to target an election software company.
He's one of the most significant figures ever for QAnon's political influence, & he now will have a FEMA position. www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...
He's one of the most significant figures ever for QAnon's political influence, & he now will have a FEMA position. www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...
December 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Gregg Phillips has explicitly lauded the QAnon community & partnered with the QAnon community in 2022 to target an election software company.
He's one of the most significant figures ever for QAnon's political influence, & he now will have a FEMA position. www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...
He's one of the most significant figures ever for QAnon's political influence, & he now will have a FEMA position. www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...
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I wrote about right-wing media's escalating attacks on women, from pushing for birth control restrictions to pressuring young women to leave the workforce. A new hire at The Heritage Foundation, Scott Yenor, exemplifies this trend, but it goes far beyond him. New at @mmfa.bsky.social
Right-wing media are poised to escalate attacks on women as MAGA cracks emerge
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December 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I wrote about right-wing media's escalating attacks on women, from pushing for birth control restrictions to pressuring young women to leave the workforce. A new hire at The Heritage Foundation, Scott Yenor, exemplifies this trend, but it goes far beyond him. New at @mmfa.bsky.social
As MAGA begins to fracture, right-wing media are rallying behind anti-feminism.
Right-wing media are poised to escalate attacks on women as MAGA cracks emerge
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December 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
As MAGA begins to fracture, right-wing media are rallying behind anti-feminism.
Fox has devoted just over 6 minutes of airtime to the Hernández pardon since Trump announced his intention to pardon the notorious drug trafficker 12 days ago.
Fox ignores Trump pardoning Honduran drug trafficker while accusing Dems of supporting Venezuelan drug traffickers
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December 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Fox has devoted just over 6 minutes of airtime to the Hernández pardon since Trump announced his intention to pardon the notorious drug trafficker 12 days ago.
Shapiro: “The Trump administration's use of the pardon power has been exorbitant ... it's going to be hard for Republicans to defend that”
Ben Shapiro says Trump's pardon of Henry Cuellar is "a giant fail"
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December 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Shapiro: “The Trump administration's use of the pardon power has been exorbitant ... it's going to be hard for Republicans to defend that”
Fox host Brian Kilmeade encourages the Trump administration to rework their immigration policy: “Things aren't going to go good for anybody's mission on the Republican side if they lose the Hispanic vote”
December 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Fox host Brian Kilmeade encourages the Trump administration to rework their immigration policy: “Things aren't going to go good for anybody's mission on the Republican side if they lose the Hispanic vote”
Jesse Watters: "If you're against (double-tap boat strikes), you sound like a lawyerly, whiney, effeminate weasel"
December 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Jesse Watters: "If you're against (double-tap boat strikes), you sound like a lawyerly, whiney, effeminate weasel"
Fuentes: "This is great ... this is excellent. This is an explicit acknowledgement of white genocide from the highest level"
Nick Fuentes says Trump’s national security policy is “an explicit acknowledgement of white genocide”
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December 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Fuentes: "This is great ... this is excellent. This is an explicit acknowledgement of white genocide from the highest level"
The Trump administration is seemingly embracing “remigration,” a policy associated with ethnic cleansing and mass deportations that has been pushed by the far right.
“We need to get these people out”: Right-wing pundits cheer Trump’s calls for “remigration”
Right-wing media figures are applauding President Donald Trump and his administration for their apparent support of “remigration,” a far-right immigration policy associated with forced migration, mass...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The Trump administration is seemingly embracing “remigration,” a policy associated with ethnic cleansing and mass deportations that has been pushed by the far right.
On Deadline: White House, Angelo Carusone discusses the Caribbean boat strikes and how they stem from of a revisionist “fantasy” created by right-wing media:
"They have their own narrative, their own version of it. It's obviously been a fantasy, and now we're seeing that materialize into reality."
"They have their own narrative, their own version of it. It's obviously been a fantasy, and now we're seeing that materialize into reality."
December 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
On Deadline: White House, Angelo Carusone discusses the Caribbean boat strikes and how they stem from of a revisionist “fantasy” created by right-wing media:
"They have their own narrative, their own version of it. It's obviously been a fantasy, and now we're seeing that materialize into reality."
"They have their own narrative, their own version of it. It's obviously been a fantasy, and now we're seeing that materialize into reality."
When you’ve lost Kilmeade… www.mediamatters.org/brian-kilmea...
Fox host Brian Kilmeade: "The Trump administration needs to figure out an immigration policy that that goes for criminals and leaves people that belong here"
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December 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
When you’ve lost Kilmeade… www.mediamatters.org/brian-kilmea...
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After right-wing podcast hosts spent months calling for the total end of dual citizenship, GOP efforts to reject dual citizenships are escalating.
GOP efforts to reject dual citizenship come after months of pushing by right-wing media figures
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December 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
After right-wing podcast hosts spent months calling for the total end of dual citizenship, GOP efforts to reject dual citizenships are escalating.